A world of wealth

"Throughout history, people have tried many ways of building wealth and driving progress. One has consistently worked best: capitalism. This book explains why free markets and free enterprise are so successful and demonstrates how they offer the best solutions for today's most challenging problems." "Barron's Editorial Page Editor Thomas G. Donlan starts by explaining why markets are such efficient allocators of wealth, income, labor, goods, and everything else. It's possible to imagine kinder, more just, more equitable outcomes than what the markets deliver, says Donlan, but it's impossible to engineer those outcomes without disastrous consequences. Then, one issue at a time, he focuses on the greatest challenges facing America and the world."--BOOK JACKET.